Fence



(No Model.)

FENCE.

No. 420,987. Patented Feb. 11, v1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER M. BRITTON,IOF CRAVFORDSVILLE, INDIANA.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 420,987, dated February 11, 1890.

Application filed June 28, 1889.

To @ZZ whom it may con/cern.-

Be it known that I, WALTER M. BRITTON, a 'citizen of the United States, residing at Crawfordsville, in the county of Montgomery and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Fence, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to that class of rail fences wherein the fence-sections consist of a series of longitudinal rails and pairs ofoppositely-inclined posts for supporting the rails, said rails and posts being bound together by suitable binding-wires, and to the arrangement of the latter my invention particularly relates.

Among the main objects-of my invention are to simplify the arrangement of the binding-Wires, reduce the number, and so connect the Wires with the posts as to permit of the ready removal of a section of fence without disturbing the remainder thereof, and to also facilitate the building and repairing of t-he fence-sections. y

With these general objects in view the invention consists in certain features of oonstruction hereinafter specified, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l. is a perspective of a portion of afence constructed in accordance `With my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section. Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the parts enlarged.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

At suitable distances apart I locate oppositely-inclined posts l, the upper ends of which cross each other, forming a crotch, in which is mounted the usual rider-rail 2, extending from one pair of posts to the next adjacent pair and throughout the fence.

3 represents the series of rails, the ends of which alternate with those of the adjacent series or adjacent sections, and from the lower of the series to the rider-rail there extends a diagonal brace-bar 4., the upper end of which is connected bya wire loop 5 to the rider-rail, and the lower end by a wire loop Serial No. 315,877. (No model.)

6 to the diagonally-opposite end of the lower rail of the series.

7 represents a depending binding-Wire, and the same crosses itself over the rider-rail and is formed with opposite loops 8eaoh of which takes over the upper end of one of the pairs of posts l, the central portion of the wire eX- tending down in the shape of a bail and receiving the adjacent terminals of two adjacent sections of series of rails. In this manner it is evident that to disconnect a section it is simply necessary to untie or disconnect one of the loops17 with its respective post and slip the wire from under the fence-rail.

If desired, and I deem it preferable, be

tween each pair of overlapping rail ends I insert a wire loop 10, the same embracing the opposite arms of the suspension-bail. If desired, also, the posts l may be braced below their points of intersection by means of a binding-bail 1l.

Having described my invention, what I claim is The combination, with the posts l, inclined to form a crotch, the rider-rails mounted iu the crotch, and the panel-rails having their overlapping ends occurring under the crotch,

of the wire 7, bent at its center to form a depending unbroken straight suspension-bail to receive and support the panel-rails, and having its extremities crossed above the riderrails and ending in loops taking over the upper end of the posts l, a series of wire links 10, inserted between the ends of the panelrails and connecting the opposite sides of the bail, and the independent transverse panelrail-supporting link 1], the ends of which embrace the opposite posts l and between the same pass under the upper one of the series of panelrails, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WVALTER M. BRITTON.

lVitnesses:

WINEIELD S. Morrnrr, vGrEoimE W; BRiT'roN. 

